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26th February - Law News

Edition 4079: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Farmers in the Philippines say cheaper imports and rising transportation costs are forcing them to dump their produce. But a group has come together on social media to prevent that. 

Saturday Conversations on Law
  • Family call on Dominic Raab to review plan to release pilot who killed wife - Mother of Joanna Brown, who was bludgeoned to death by husband Robert, says she ‘fears for women’ https://t.co/2GrrfAIjEK 
  • Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust prosecuted after three patients died https://t.co/qcuG48I8JF
  • The problem with Israel’s so called ‘crisis of democracy’ - Is the new Netanyahu government really on course to ‘destroy #Israeli democracy’? https://t.co/VIazZSWw0n 
  • The final rules for bringing the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) under the control of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been agreed | NLJ https://t.co/wQPDPIcQqg
  • Man jailed after solicitors catch £2m will fraud - Legal Futures https://t.co/lUAZQPNFDm
  • Syrian refugees in #Turkey face return to quake-stricken areas https://t.co/ai6JXPePuc
  • The Law Society has called for the UK to sign and ratify the Hague 2019 Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments ‘as quickly as possible’ | NLJ https://t.co/pOu3JY5q50 
  • #Nigeria MP arrested with nearly $500,000 before election - Chinyere Igwe was found travelling with the money and a distribution list, police say a day before Nigerian elections https://t.co/cIxHukb7q4
  • Proposals to fine firms up to 5% of their annual turnover for breaches of the professional rule book have been confirmed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) | NLJ https://t.co/MxW2TMHSuM
  • Pilot suggests mediation in possession cases unpopular - Legal Futures https://t.co/t7e4gOCJnq 
  • The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in #ElSalvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime https://t.co/T7xHRIrd3B
  • The Law Commission has highlighted serious safety concerns surrounding driverless cars, and has called on the government to impose a ban on remotely driving a vehicle from overseas due to lack of enforcement powers | NLJ https://t.co/xKjPPFsTx7
  • Why is the Alex Murdaugh trial captivating US audiences? - The 54-year-old South Carolina attorney has been accused of murdering his wife and son at their rural hunting lodge #US https://t.co/8w5lFvKDUG 
  • A family judge was wrong to take a limited approach in a case concerning an ex-husband’s deliberate and repeated non-disclosure of assets, the Court of Appeal has held | NLJ https://t.co/cixJDZ1rfR
  • Partner’s trainee supervision failure aided “property hijacks” - Legal Futures https://t.co/wEFDETZQQZ
  • #Turkish journalist Mir Ali Koçer detained over earthquake reports - He is one of at least four journalists being investigated for reporting or commenting on the earthquake https://t.co/1oDJzUxBqM 
  • An earthquake has shaken parts of Wales overnight. The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the 3.7 magnitude quake happened at 23:59 GMT on Friday. The epicentre was just north of Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, and west of Crickhowell, Powys https://t.co/8Shj7nVSki
  • Two Pakistanis leave Guantanamo after 20 years without charges #US https://t.co/freon8AfBa 
  • Lawyers have welcomed plans to keep 24 Nightingale Courts open for another year, but warned more was needed to tackle the backlog of cases | NLJ https://t.co/19L5IHD2HP
  • A man who killed his wife with a hammer is set to be released. With probation in tatters, who will protect us? https://t.co/RnnqD4nWqa 
  • Solicitors "went too far" after client was given vulnerability order - Legal Futures https://t.co/P3lBI3pnqZ 
  • 4 pupils have been suspended from a West Yorkshire secondary school after a copy of the Quran was damaged by students. Wednesday's incident at Wakefield's Kettlethorpe High School happened when a copy of the Islamic text was brought in by a Year 10 pupil https://t.co/RZQPF293SJ